ninjaking67
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Be careful! I am sure we all know about the time Ace Frehley set his crotch on fire with a flaming device in his LP Custom!
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Ok,
Gonna try and make some progress on this guitar today.....
Gonna try and make some progress on this guitar today.....
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Now I wish I would have done a better paint job....
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Cutting a notch in the deep, stacked single coils, for added cable clearance...
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Yeah, technicalities. U get the gist.
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
What about the paint job is it you think could be better?
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When I sprayed it the first time, it was below 70°F that day and i got some sags. I sanded them out then repainted after a few days. The color went on evenly, but I noticed some "wrinkling" of the paint - similar to those old wrinkle finish paints - caused by the solvents of the new topcoat softening the not-quite-dry bottom coat.
Rather that just keep on repainting over and over again, I just poured on the clear.
The finish is super slick, shiny and smooth, but you can see the wrinkle effect underneath the clear. It looks like one of those old coffee mugs with a million tiny cracks in it...
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Budget wire harness...built from 500k Alpha Mini Pots, 0.01uf tone capacitors,, YKE 5-position, 7 pole switch and a Fender/Switchcraft jack.
Switch is a metal body type and it is grounded to the pots and the shielding on the back of the pickguard.
Shielding has full continuity to ground. Even the hole between the input jack cavity and the main control cavity is shielded 360° to connect everything.
Switch is a metal body type and it is grounded to the pots and the shielding on the back of the pickguard.
Shielding has full continuity to ground. Even the hole between the input jack cavity and the main control cavity is shielded 360° to connect everything.
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All solder joints are shrink wrapped. A piece of black tape is applied to the back of the switch (on the contact side) to reduce hum from proximity interference between switch and control cavity shielding.
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Most recent shot of body with assembled pickguard...
The three knobs are genuine Gibson's from my junk box.
This image is taken with flash. It gives the color a little softer look, and this is more of what it looks like to the eye in person:
Six screw tremolo is mounted with genuine Fender NOS screws and features a large 6mm tremolo arm.
A gold strap button was used to fill the hole in the lower horn from left handed operation in the guitar's past life.
@SG John provided the original tremolo spring cover plate and Jackplate, so everything aligns perfectly without redrilling or rerouting to fit the import parts I have on hand.
A Fender neck plate and black, plastic shim were donated by a local music friend. The plate is really beat up, but features serial number '61199' which comes back to Fullerton produced Stratocaster 1960-1961.
The guitar body used here is actually a 1985-86 Fender Stratocaster obtained courtesy of @sgjohn.
This guitar is literally built from whatever parts I could dig up and what was kindly donated by folks like @sgjohn, @jtcnj and other local music friends, plus whatever good, quality parts that could be found by rummaging through my junkbox.
The three knobs are genuine Gibson's from my junk box.
This image is taken with flash. It gives the color a little softer look, and this is more of what it looks like to the eye in person:
Six screw tremolo is mounted with genuine Fender NOS screws and features a large 6mm tremolo arm.
A gold strap button was used to fill the hole in the lower horn from left handed operation in the guitar's past life.
@SG John provided the original tremolo spring cover plate and Jackplate, so everything aligns perfectly without redrilling or rerouting to fit the import parts I have on hand.
A Fender neck plate and black, plastic shim were donated by a local music friend. The plate is really beat up, but features serial number '61199' which comes back to Fullerton produced Stratocaster 1960-1961.
The guitar body used here is actually a 1985-86 Fender Stratocaster obtained courtesy of @sgjohn.
This guitar is literally built from whatever parts I could dig up and what was kindly donated by folks like @sgjohn, @jtcnj and other local music friends, plus whatever good, quality parts that could be found by rummaging through my junkbox.
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chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Gotcha, that is why I asked if you wet sanded it as you went along. It is not clear enough to see wrinkles on my laptop.
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You gotta really look close to see the imperfections.
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@chilipeppermaniac - Here's the first paint job on December 9, 2020...before I got runs in the clear that required a sand down and re-paint:
I should NOT have clear coated the guitar because this first paint job (shown above) was perfect.
Second paint job December 14, 2020:
Shown here after clearcoating the final time on December 18, 2020:
You can kind of see the imperfections buried down under the clear in this image:
All the sand scratches have been fully polished out now...
I should NOT have clear coated the guitar because this first paint job (shown above) was perfect.
Second paint job December 14, 2020:
Shown here after clearcoating the final time on December 18, 2020:
You can kind of see the imperfections buried down under the clear in this image:
All the sand scratches have been fully polished out now...
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Robert, I fully understand almost all you went through to paint this.
I have stripped and repainted a whole Pearl drum kit that was Piano Black and then I finished it Opal white 3 stage Automotive paint. The temps were well under optimal. I lived for nearly 15 years with no heat in our Md winters. Just a wood stove that barely kept a 16x16 room warm, let alone my whole house. The finish was nearly flawless though due to my multiple layers of White, then the pearlescent coat, and finally with help of a younger friend of mine, laying on a nice and even and complete cover of clear. My eyes are not as good as his and with shadows etc, clear over white can easily go south and the expensive paint wasted. Also, if I remember right, I helped spin the drums and secure them on my turntable as he sprayed. Like you said, temps and conditions do make painting a FINE job a challenge vs getting a marginal outcome. I had endless hours of wet sanding.
Likewise when I redid a friend's snare drum into a bright green. Picture Honda Del Sol green.
I have stripped and repainted a whole Pearl drum kit that was Piano Black and then I finished it Opal white 3 stage Automotive paint. The temps were well under optimal. I lived for nearly 15 years with no heat in our Md winters. Just a wood stove that barely kept a 16x16 room warm, let alone my whole house. The finish was nearly flawless though due to my multiple layers of White, then the pearlescent coat, and finally with help of a younger friend of mine, laying on a nice and even and complete cover of clear. My eyes are not as good as his and with shadows etc, clear over white can easily go south and the expensive paint wasted. Also, if I remember right, I helped spin the drums and secure them on my turntable as he sprayed. Like you said, temps and conditions do make painting a FINE job a challenge vs getting a marginal outcome. I had endless hours of wet sanding.
Likewise when I redid a friend's snare drum into a bright green. Picture Honda Del Sol green.
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Neck is in place now...
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Thinking about a new Warmoth Super-Wide neck...
Unfinished Maple Construction
Black side and face dots
1-7/8" nut
Stock Stratocaster heel
1959 Les Paul Profile (1.00" all the way)
6230 Low Profile Frets
Full scallops
Unfinished Maple Construction
Black side and face dots
1-7/8" nut
Stock Stratocaster heel
1959 Les Paul Profile (1.00" all the way)
6230 Low Profile Frets
Full scallops
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Do you hate that neck? Warmouth is that much better? NEVER MIND< DUMMY ME sees FULLY SCALLOPED on the W. finally.
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Super-Wide (1-7/8" @nut) would help me hold open chords easier. The 10" x 16" compound radius board makes it easy to pull up steep bends without fretting out...
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Here's my wiring update...
Ground soldered into the copper tape. This is polyurethane jacketed wire out of a BMW in-tank fuel pump.
Everything shrink wrapped to eliminate proximity interference.
Ground soldered into the copper tape. This is polyurethane jacketed wire out of a BMW in-tank fuel pump.
Everything shrink wrapped to eliminate proximity interference.